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Multi-periodSite Name: Inkaraqay
Country: Peru
NOTE: This site is 15.022 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
 Nearest Village: Agua Calientes
Latitude: 13.14596S  Longitude: 72.5475W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Settlement in Peru.
A farming site believed to have helped support the Machu Picchu. Five terraces are buttressed with constructed stone walls, one above the other, on the near vertical north face of Huayna Picchu, the mountain the rears above Machu Picchu.

The site appears to be most directly accessible either down fromthe summit of Huayna Picchu or up from the Moon Temple at the mountain's base. However, the trail is described as being particularly difficult, has a 48% average grade, and swarming with snakes. This nearly vertical trail is described in Wright and Zegarra's The Machu Picchu Guidebook, although the Inkaraqay site itself is not described - possibly because it was so little known until recently.

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Machu Picchu reveals new secrets: Inkaraqay by bat400 on Monday, 04 October 2010
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Submitted by coldrum --

Only ever seen by a few people over the past century, the Inca site of Inkaraqay located on an inaccessible and nearly vertical side of the Huayna Picchu mountain that overlooks Machu Picchu, is only now being revealed to the wider world.

With the appearance of a fort hanging on to the sheer drop that gives way to the Vilcanota river and the well-known moon temple below, its huge walls and terraces covering 4,500 square metres are actually agricultural in nature. Accompanying the five levels of farming terraces is a ritual platform.

“The architecture of these terraces is superior to even those of Machu Picchu itself,†says Piedad Champi, resident archaeologist. Specially designed water channels appear and disappear from terrace to terrace, bringing running water to every area without fail.

This route is not for those who suffer vertigo. It involves a infinitely long and incredibly steep climb of seven hours. In some areas, quite unlike the way it would have been in Inca times, the path now involves climbs with ropes over sharp rocks.


Inkaraqay, along with a complex denominated Andenes Orientales (Eastern Terraces) are to eventually be integrated into the Machu Picchu Archaelogical park.



For more, see enperublog.com.
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